Vessels used for one or more particular ritual activities, often for sacrificial offerings or consumption of food and wine as part of a ceremony. In some disciplines, this term is preferred over the slightly more general "ceremonial vessels," but in other disciplines the meanings overlap and the distinction is moot.

ritual vessels(P,,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
ritual vessel(,U,English-NP,AD,U,SN)
ritueel vaatwerk(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
禮器(儀式容器)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
祭祀器皿(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,AD,U,U)
青銅禮器(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
中國禮器(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
li ch'i(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
lǐ qì(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
li qi(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Objects Facet
........Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name)
............Containers (Hierarchy Name)
................containers (receptacles)
....................<containers by function or context>
........................ceremonial containers
............................ritual vessels

meaning/usage overlaps with....

ceremonial vessels

Dutch....	Verwijst meestal naar Chinees bronzen vaatwerk dat wordt gebruikt bij het offeren van voedsel en wijn.
Chinese (traditional)....	一般是指用來盛裝祭品或酒食的用器，尤指中國的青銅器。

ritual vessels............	[VP]
.................	Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-) accessed 25 April 2006
.................	Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 25 April 2006
.................	Rawson, Chinese Bronzes (1987) 64
.................	Bussagli, Chinese Bronzes (1969) 12
.................	Loehr, Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China (1968) [title]
.................	Yetts, Cull Chinese Bronzes (1939) 1
.................	Fischer, Emblematic Uses of Hieroglyphs (1972)
.................	AATA database (1995-) 147828 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 25 April 2006
ritual vessel............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
ritueel vaatwerk............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
禮器(儀式容器)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	故宮後設資料需求規格書 19
祭祀器皿............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
li ch'i............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
lǐ qì............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
li qi............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	Grove Art Online (2003-2008)
.................	Rawson, Chinese Bronzes (1987)
.................	Bussagli, Chinese Bronzes (1969)
.................	Loehr, Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China (1968)
.................	Yetts, Cull Chinese Bronzes (1939)
.................	Weber, Ornaments of Late Chou Bronzes (1973)
.................	Hansford, Glossary of Chinese Art (1961)
.................	AATA database (1995-) 147828 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Bureau AAT, RKD
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Getty AAT: 300265801 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300265801
ASDC Union Catalog： ritual vessels 、ritual vessel 、ritueel vaatwerk 、禮器 、祭祀器皿 、青銅禮器 、中國禮器 、li ch'i 、lǐ qì 、li qi